If however, they are different, the program highlights the differences. If the files are identical, the program will display a message to indicate that directly. Text files are displayed using Meld's built-in viewer. You can compare up to three files at a time. The program has two comparison options: File comparison and Directory comparison. The up arrow jumps to the next change while the down arrow jumps to the previous. To start a new comparison just hit the icon with the + on it. The comparison pairs are displayed in their own tab which you can access from the tab bar. One thing I like about Meld is the ability to open multiple comparisons. You find a link to the preferences there, may start a new comparison or save an existing one, and use other standard options such as find or copy & replace.
It is your standard menu bar for the most part. It has a menu bar, a toolbar, a tab bar and a selector to load plain text files. Meld's interface isn't complex in the slightest.
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Tip: check out our overview of file comparison tools for Windows here. Meld is an open source file comparison tool for Windows and Linux for exactly that purpose. This is where file comparison tools can be time-savers.
Ever had two sets of the same files and folders and couldn't decide which one to retain? It may take a long time to actually open each to verify the one that's recent or the one you need while dates associated with the files may help, they won't all the time as they don't tell you anything about the actual content.
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